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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1974.

NEW LADOUR SAFETY REGULATIONS CONE INTO FORCE

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NEW REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE SAFE OPERATION OF LIFTING APPLIANCES AND GEAR CAME INTO EFFECT TODAY - ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP IN THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S DRIVE FOR INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.

THE NEW REGULATIONS WHICH CARRY A FINE OF $5,000 - WILL AFFECT OWNERS OF INDUSTRIAL "UNDERTAKINGS, QUALIFIED GEAR EXANIMERS AND WORKERS.

THEY WERE DESIGNED TO COVER SPECIFICALLY INDUSTRIAL UNDER- TAKINGS USING LIFTING APPLIANCES AND GEAR.

THE EQUIPMENT IS MOST COMMONLY USED IN GARAGES, PLASTICS AND METAL WARE FACTORIES, FOUNDRIES, DOCKS, WHARVES, QUAYS, WAREHOUSES AID CONTAINER" TENIKALS.

ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. DAVID LIN, SAID TODAY THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDER- TAKINGS (LIFTING APPLIANCES AND LIFTING GEAR) REGULATIONS SHOULD .AKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.

*THEY ARE PART OF THE LADOUR DEPARTMENT'S CONTINUING

EFFORTS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE AT WORK.

♦THE REGULATIONS WERE APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CN JANUARY 30, ALLOWING MANAGEMENT NINE MONTHS TO MAKE THE RECESSARY PREPARATIONS,+ MR. LIN SAID.

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UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS, OWNERS MUST ENSURE THEIR LIFTING APPLIANCES AND GEAR ARE CF SOUND CONSTRUCTION. THE EQUIPMENT

JUST LE TESTED AND EXAMINED BY COMPETENT EXAMINERS BEFORE BEING USED AND MUST HAVE PERIODICAL TESTS AFTER THAT.

LIFTING APPLIANCES AND GEAR KUST NOT BE USED FOR LOADS GREATER THAN THEIR MAXIMUM YORKING LOADS, WHICH MUST BE LEGTELY MARKED ON THE EQUIPMENT. THEY MUST ALSO BE FITTED WITH EFFICIENT

RAKES TO PREVENT SUSPENDED LOADS FROM FALLING.

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MR. LIN POINTED OUT THAT PENALTY CLAUSES IN THE NEW REGULATIONS APPLIED TO PROPRIETORS OF INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS, KOMPETENT EXAMINERS WHO BREACH THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND JORKERS WHC WILFULLY AND WITHOUT REASONABLE CAUSE ENDANGER MIEMSELVES OR OTHERS.

♦WE HAVE RECENTLY PUBLISHED A GUIDE ON THE REGULATIONS TO INABLE EMPLOYERS, WORKERS AND EQUIPMENT INSPECTORS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND THEIR

BLIGATIONS UNDER THE LA..

+THE GUIDE WAS SENT TO ALL INDUSTRIAL -UNDERTAKINGS JOING LIFTING APPLIANCES AND CEAR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF „ONSTRUCTION SITE, WHICH ARE UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE CONSTRUCTION LITES (CAFETY) REGULATIONS.

+KEMBERS OF THE PUILIC WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE REGULATIONS VAN CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE IN 3-600458 FOR FREE COPIES,+ R, LIN ADDED.

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